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Key Personnel Turn the Lock on the Contract Clock

  • September 14, 2022
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Matter of Sehlke Consulting, LLC Decided: May 18, 2022 Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Key Personnel   Protest Insight This case demonstrates that Key Personnel must be available at start of contract for that specific personnel to be considered as part of the proposal. Here, GAO held that the operative date for

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Matter of: PAE National Security Solutions, LLC

  • July 22, 2021
  • Attorney's FeesBest ValueBid and Proposal CostsEvaluation CriteriaEvaluationsExperience RequirementKey PersonnelRemediesResumesTask OrdersTechnical EvaluationUnequal Treatment of OfferorsUnstated Evaluation Criteria
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Matter of: PAE National Security Solutions, LLC  Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: May 19, 2021 Keywords: Attorney’s Fees, Best Value, Bid and Proposal Costs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluations, Experience Requirement, Key Personnel, Remedies, Resumes, Task Orders, Technical Evaluation, Unequal Treatment of Offerors, Unstated Evaluation Criteria General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Protest sustained where the

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Matter of M.C. Dean

  • August 7, 2020
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Matter of M.C. Dean, Inc. Agency: National Security Agency Disposition: Protest Sustained Decided: June 15, 2020 Keywords: Key Personnel General Counsel P.C. Highlight: Offerors are obligated to advise agencies of material changes in proposed staffing, even after submission of proposals.   Summary of Facts M.C. Dean, Inc. protests the award of a contract to PTSI Managed

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Coastal Environmental Group, Inc., B-407563; B-407563.3; B-407563.4, January 14, 2013

  • January 23, 2013
  • Experience of ContractorKey Personnel
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Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Environmental Protection Agency Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Coastal Environmental Group, Inc. regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) award of a contract to PK Management Group under an invitation for bids (IFB), for remediation of lead contaminated soil in Omaha, Nebraska. The IFB provided

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Lamar Strong Associates, LLC, B-407170, November 19, 2012

  • December 5, 2012
  • Key PersonnelTechnical Acceptability

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Lamar Strong Associates, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the protester’s proposal was unacceptable and ineligible for award because it did not demonstrate that an individual proposed for a key personnel position had the experience required

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Maritime Institute Inc., B-407254, November 20, 2012

  • December 5, 2012
  • Key PersonnelResumes

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Maritime Institute Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Requirement in a solicitation for logistics training for mariners, that proposals include the resumes and signed employment letters of intent for key personnel, is unobjectionable, where the agency has provided a reasonable explanation for the requirement. General

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Vinculum Solutions, Inc., B-406760, B-406760.2, August 22, 2012

  • September 12, 2012
  • Key Personnel

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Vinculum Solutions, Inc. Agency: Department of the Treasury Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly assigned weakness to protester’s proposal under key personnel subfactor based on information provided in protester’s final proposal revision transmittal letter is denied where, notwithstanding statement in solicitation that agency would consider résumés under

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Kevcon, Inc., B-406024.3, June 18, 2012

  • September 5, 2012
  • Key PersonnelProposal Evaluation

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Kevcon, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement statutes and regulations. General Counsel PC Highlight: Kevcon, Inc. protested

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, B-406708, August 3, 2012

  • August 29, 2012
  • Experience RequirementKey Personnel

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of agency’s evaluation of protester’s key personnel is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that some of the protester’s key personnel failed to satisfy minimum requirements identified in the solicitation. General Counsel PC

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Y&K Maintenance, Inc., B-405310.6, February 2, 2012

  • April 4, 2012
  • Evaluation CriteriaKey Personnel

Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Y&K Maintenance, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Sustained in part, Denied in part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of an agency’s evaluation of the awardee’s proposal under a key personnel experience evaluation factor is sustained where the agency did not evaluate the experience of the awardee’s proposed key personnel

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